Self report of skin problems among farmworkers in North Carolina

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 204-212

  Vallejos, Quirina M ^a   Schulz, Mark R ^b   Quandt, Sara A ^a   Feldman, Steven R ^a   Galvan, Leonardo ^c   Verma, Amit ^b   Fleischer Jr , Alan B ^a   Rapp, Stephen R ^a   Arcury, Thomas A ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^c North Carolina Farmworkers Project   (United States)

Author keywords

Acne; Immigrant workers; Latino Hispanic; Minority health; Occupational health; Rash; Work characteristics

Indexed keywords

ACNE; ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; BLISTER; CONTACT DERMATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOMYCOSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INSECT BITE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; RASH; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SKIN PRURITUS; SUNBURN; UNITED STATES; VERRUCA VULGARIS; WOUND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORTH CAROLINA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SELF DISCLOSURE; SKIN DISEASES; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 39449114452     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20550     Document Type: Article

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